Cin cinnatian Poindexter gets death for first degree murder
Poindexter, 43, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the fatal April shooting of Mrs. Marie Hires after a three judge panel overruled a motion for a new trial. The court ordered Poindexter to Ohio State Penitentiary within 30 days.
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Hamilton
Frank Peindexter
P. P. Boll
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Carson Hoy
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Boli
Cramer
Poindexter
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Woods
First District Court For Appeals
Cincinnati
Hollis Leigh
Samuel A. Deck
Liquor Buy Signature Rule Changes After October 23
Columbus notices that after Oct 23 customers can buy liquor without signing name and address on order slips. The change eliminates the current name and address requirement in state stores and is projected to save the liquor department about 55000 dollars annually, says State Liquor Director Richard Crouch.
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Columbus
Richard Crouch
Stretcher Seeks 11th Term as Trenton Mayor
Mayor Harry Stretcher of Trenton filed his papers with the Board of Elections to seek an 11th two year term. He has served 20 years as mayor and, after a heart attack at Mosler Safe Co in Hamilton on May 13, says he feels ready to resume duties and hopes to return to his Hamilton job early this fall.
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Harry Stretcher
Trenton
Board of Elections
Stretcher
Mosler Safe Co
Hamilton
Walking grandmother Emma Gatewood leads wagon train trek
Grandma Emma Gatewood 71 from Gallipolis Ohio remains ahead of the Oregon Centennial Wagon Train which reached the region Saturday. Wagonmaster Tex Serpa received tennis shoes discarded by Gatewood as she passed Boardman heading toward Portland after starting in Independence Missouri.
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Pendleton
Ore
Emma Gatewood
Gallipolis
Ohio
Oregon
Gatewood
Boardman
Tex Serpa
Independence
Portland
Dayton Woman Dies In Car Truck Crash
Mrs. Mariam B. Cromwell, 61, of Dayton, Ohio, died when her car collided with an Ohio National Guard radar truck at the Ohio 47 and Ohio 49 intersection. The truck toppled and blocked the intersection for about two hours. its driver was unhurt. Cromwell died at Union City, Indiana hospital.
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Greenville
Ohio
Mariam B. Cromwell
Nape
Ohio National Guard
Ohio 47
Ohio 49
Cromwell
Union City
Ind
Weather in July Near Normal With Mixed Rainfall
July's rainfall reached 3.87 inches, higher than the 1940 low but below last year's 12.75 inch peak. Middletown had 18 dry days and nine clear days in July 1958, with 28.05 inches of rainfall year to date, down from 35.51 inches last year. Highs reached 94 degrees on the 17th and 21st, while the month’s average was 75 degrees, two more than July last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Two Miami Students Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Two members of Miami University's prospective summer graduation class have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa based on four year grades and other qualifications. The recipients are Miss Clara Maxine Mikels of Troy and Kenneth E. Allen of South Lebanon, both Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts from Miami College of Arts and Science.
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Oxford
Miami University
Charles T. Perin
Miami
Clara Maxine Mikels
Troy
Kenneth E. Allen
South Lebanon
College of Arts& Science
No Concealment Of Report Claimed By Police Chief
Police Chief Joseph Blackmere denied concealing a report on a race riot involving four girl juveniles at Broad Street and Central Avenue. He said detectives left the report in his locked office and no one tried to view it. The incident involved two Negro girls aged 13 and 11 and two white girls aged 11 and 16. Crowds gathered. police moved onlookers to the sidewalk. Three girls were taken to the City Building and released to parents. Marquis Boyd, 50, of 1109 Baltimore St., was also questioned but no charges were filed.
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Joseph Blackmere
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Marquis Boyd
Baltimore St
Middletown building costs exceed one million in July
July 1959 valuations in Middletown topped 1 032 725 with 92 permits issued. Armco Drainage & Metal Products office building valued at 450 000 and Marsh Food liner supermarket at 160 000 drove the surge, as the first half of the year neared six million dollars in total valuations. Frank Ludewig had forecast a record building year.
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Middletown
Armco Drainage & Metal Products
Marsh Foodliner
Stevens Avenue
Armco
Frank Ludewig
Accidents See Double Near Lake Comfort and Tren ton
Sylvia Mack 21 suffered a cut left hand at a Lake Comfort picnic when Dr. W D Patton treated her. Returning to the same area his car overturned one and a half miles west of Tren ton on Rt 73. Mack then received two stitches for a scalp laceration while Patton garnered eleven stitches for a head wound. State patrol cited the driver for driving left of center.
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Sylvia Mack
Th Ave
Lake Comfort
Jacksonburg Road
W. D. Patton
S. Main St
Patton
Trenton
Rt. 73
Miss Mack
Middletown Hospital
Dr. Patton
Grand jury to indict three Black men in rape case in Georgia
In LaGrange Georgia a grand jury will be asked to indict Clifford Johnson 32 Brannon Epps 24 both laborers and George Alfred Jr 18 of Dayton Ohio a former soldier for raping two white women. Prosecutor Wright Lipford said trials could begin next Monday when Superior Court opens. Victims identified as a 20 year old housewife and an 18 year old single girl.
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Lagrange
Wright Lipford
Clifford Johnson
Brannon Epps
George Alfred Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Georgia
Bow Claims He Saved $18 Million
Rep. Frank T. Bow of Ohio announced in a constituent letter that he identified an $18 million savings in a bill intended to fund a power plant in Okinawa. He said most power would go to Ryukyu Electric Power Co for private resale. Bow, on the House Appropriations Committee, blocked the spending item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank T.bow
Ohio
Bow
Okinawa
Ryukyu Electric Power Co
House Appropriations Committee
Eagles Plan 61st Annual Convention in Toronto
The fraternal Order of Eagles will hold its 61st annual convention in Toronto from August 5 to August 8, bringing together members from multiple chapters for meetings ceremonies and group activities.
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Toronto
Order of Eagles
Rosie Whitlock Palmer’s quick remarriage after annulment
In Berkeley California 66 year old Rosie Whitlock Palmer gained an annulment after forty years of marriage to William Palmer. Four hours after the court freed her she wed Grover Hartel a 70 year old retired Pacific Gas and Electric employee.
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Berkeley
Calif
Rosie Whitlock Palmer
Superior Court
A. J. Woolsey
William Palmer
Grover Hartel
Pacific Gas & Electric
Love Will Triumph in SAINT OMER Case of Altar Win
In Saint Omer France Lucien Francois aged 62 chased and knocked off a couple riding a motorbike Raymond Barthelmey and his lover, Lucien’s daughter. Raymond was hospitalized and Lucien jailed but vows to wed the daughter in a month with his blessing.
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Saint Omer
France
Lucien Francois
Raymond Barthelmey
Raymond
Lucien
Holdup Report At Circle 42 Cafe Declared Phony
Sheriff Satterthwaite said the Mason Circle 42 Cafe robbery was a fake after investigation. Carl Dillingham, 32, of Hamilton was jailed on drunk and disorderly and gambling charges. Several other men fled the scene after a dice game fight. they remain at large. Dillingham to be arraigned Tuesday night before Mason Mayor Charles Anderson. Marion Barnes owns Circle 42 located near WLW transmitters.
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Carl Dillingham
Mulhouser Rd
Hamilton
Dillingham
Mason
Charles Anderson
Marion Barnes
Circle 42
WLW
Water Skier Takes Spill and Hospital Visit
A water skier from Cincinnati on a Miami River Park outing fell on a shallow water pocket and cut his face. William Gross, 21, sustained facial cuts and received nine stitches at Middletown Hospital after being pulled to shore by a boat companion. Police say he skied behind Kenneth Miracle of Lockland.
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Middletown
William Gross
Cincinnati
Miami River Park
Gross
Kenneth Miracle
Lockland
Stonybrook Camping Season Ends
The Stonybrook camp season concluded last weekend with 85 girls from the Middletown Area Girl Scout Council participating in July sessions. Older scouts earned canoeing requirements at Camp Butterworth near Cincinnati and pursued pioneer camping on the H. W. Verrell farm. other activities included Red Cross lifesaving, badge work, and overnight camping. New improvements, a wishing well and flagpole platform, were built by scouts.
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Stonybrook
Middletown Area
Girl Scout Council
Camp Butterworth
Cincinnati
H. W. Verrell
Lower
Springboro Road
Red Cross
World Presbyterian Alliance Meet Set for Sao Paulo
The world congress of the Presbyterian Alliance will be held in Sao Paulo from August 8 to 12 with 400 delegates from 48 countries attending.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
World Congress of the Presbyterian Alliance
Auto Hits Car House and Takes Off
A hit skip driver reportedly escaped yesterday after losing control while turning left into South Avenue from Crawford. The vehicle struck a car in a yard at 1908 South Ave owned by Carl Calhoun and then crashed into a house at 1911 South Ave, causing $125 in damage to the car. the house suffered no damage. Witnesses say a passenger swapped seats and drove away. Police are pursuing leads. Also cited for improper backing was Darwin G Brown 16 of 202 Trenton PI Trenton after backing out of Eagle Alley and hitting a bus on Central Avenue causing $200 in damage. Bob Hawkins 21 of 1721 Columbia Ave reported damage to his parked car behind the 900 Club worth $100 from an unknown vehicle.
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South Avenue
Crawford
South Ave
Carl Calhoun
Bethany
Eagle Alley
Central Avenue
Darwin G. Brown
Trenton PI
Trenton
Lindsey G. Cox
Jewell St
Bob Hawkins
Columbia Ave
Central Ave
Tylersville
West Chester-LeSourdsville
Sheriff's Deputies
Agnes Fenzer
Reading
Robert L. Brown
Shirley
Fairborn Cement Strike Ends With New Two-Year Pact
About 300 workers at Southwestern Portland Cement Co in Fairborn Ohio ratified a two year contract Sunday night ending an 18 day strike by the United Cement Union. Wages and benefits were previously settled and a seniority clause was agreed. No strike and union shop clauses were not included.
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Fairborn, Ohio
Southwestern Portland Cement Co
United Cement Union
Three Girls Injured In Two-Car Crash At Local Intersections
At 12 55 p m Sunday three girls were injured when Doris Wills 18 of Franklin pulled into Williard White 41 of Navaho Street as his car approached the Michael and Trenton Franklin roads intersection. Eileen Combs 17 Pride Combs 16 and Debbie Back 12 were passengers in the Wills vehicle. Wills cited for improper turn.
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Michael
Trenton-Franklin
Eileen Combs
Wilgus Combs
S. Dixie Hwy
Pride Combs
Debbie Back
Robert Back
Dairy Sn
West Middletown
Doris Wills
Franklin
Wills
Williard W. White
Navaho St
Steel payrolls set record in first half of 1959
New York AP reports steel companies employed more workers and paid higher wages in the first half of 1959. The American Iron and Steel Institute tallies total payrolls at 2.250 billion dollars, up from 1.567 billion in 1958 and 1.938 billion in 1957, the prior record year.
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NEW York
Steel Companies
American Iron and Steel Institute
Dr Richard E Ball Named To UC Chair
Dr Richard E Ball of Okemos Michigan an economist and financial consultant has been named professor and chairman of finance in the University of Cincinnati College of Business Administration as announced Saturday.
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Cincinnati
Richard E. Ball
Okemos, Mich
University of Cincinnati
College of Business Administration
Castro Invited to Debate in England by Oxford Union
Havana reports Prime Minister Fidel Castro was invited by Oxford University President Joseph Trattner to join Oxford Union Society debates starting October 15. Castro's office offered no confirmation of acceptance.
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Havana
Fredel Castro
England
Oxford Universiy
Joseph Trattener
Oxford Union Society
Castro
Robersons Sports Goods reports theft of boat and motor
A fiberglass boat with 35 horsepower motor and trailer were stolen from Roberson & Sons Sporting Goods Store at the old bus station temporary HQ. The Sunday dawn theft caused a loss estimated at 1400 dollars.
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Roberson & Sons Sporting Goods Store
Break-in Attempt Reported at Gibbons Supply Co
Police say an attempted break-in occurred at Gibbons Supply Co on Woodlawn Avenue last night. Officers found a broken window in a rear east side door of the building.
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Gibbons Supply Co
Woodlawn Avenue
Car hubcaps stolen from Dale Ashley's vehicle
Police report four hubcaps were stolen from Dale Ashley's car at 1809 North Ave last night. Detectives are investigating the theft and reviewing nearby surveillance for clues.
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Dale Ashley
North Ave
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Skente
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Lebanon
Richard Satterthwaite
Betty Crane
Forrest Ave
Kathy Reedy
Thelma Reedy
James Taylor
West Middletown Rt
Clayton Blanton
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Weith
Fairborn
Daniel L. Muzzio
Cleveland
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Linda
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Eddie Stigler
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